Posts Tagged ‘intergenerational’
Finland Farmers Market Summer 2023 Recap
by Kyle Flack, Finland Farmers Market Coordinator The Summer Farmers Market this year was a great success for everyone involved. A variety of wonderful vendors were here each week offering their delicious products for sale at a great price. But that’s just one aspect of our amazing market. Many customers are drawn to the market…
Read MoreFinland (and Silver Bay) Go to Laskiainen – February 4th, 2023!
Folks from Finland, MN have a history of traveling to Palo, MN for the Finnish sliding festival: Laskiainen! Early in 2020, before the pandemic caused so much disruption in our lives, a group of folks from Finland and Silver Bay loaded up on buses and traveled together to Laskiainen. But the festival was canceled in…
Read MoreCamp Finland is looking for Coordinators for 2023
Teen Camp Finland is a week-long overnight camp in Mid June for local teens based out of the Community Center in Finland, MN. We focus on love of nature, discovery, friendship, self worth and leadership. We’re looking for 2 self motivated people to help coordinate Teen Camp in 2023 and moving forward into the future.…
Read More2022 Summer Farmers Market Wrap-Up
It was another incredible summer season for the Finland Farmers Market. This summer it became very apparent that the market is growing and reaching more and more people in the area! We had record attendance this year. After crunching some numbers, it’s been determined that over 1600 people came and enjoyed music and food here…
Read MoreThe Finland Community Nature Childcare is Very Close to Opening!
You may have heard already that the Finland Community Nature Childcare has been working with Lake County to acquire a lease for the currently unused County Forestry House, located right in Finland, between the DNR building and the Fire Hall, on the north side of Highway 1. Friends of Finland has incubated this project from…
Read MoreSpring Runoff Fundraiser 2019 – Dinner and Variety Show
Come one, come all to the Spring Runoff Pasta Dinner and Variety Show! The main event will take place on May 18th from 7-9pm on the Finland Community Center Stage. This is a fundraiser. It’s $5 at the door. We are not pre-selling tickets to the show. The pasta dinner will take place from 6-7pm…
Read MoreInformation about Camp Finland 2019
Here at the Clair Nelson Community Center, we’re starting to get excited about Camp Finland 2019! Many thanks to the Northland Foundation and DSCAF Silver Bay Charitable Fund for their ongoing support, as well as to the many community members who share their time and talents. Camp Finland is a day camp for children,…
Read MoreAnnouncing Teen Camp Finland 2019!
Finland Community Youth Program is pleased to announce our first-ever TEEN Camp Finland! This camp will be a 5 day, 4 night overnight summer camp geared just for teens, ages 12 to 18 (Twelve year olds can chose if they’d like to go to “kids” or “Teen” Camp), running the same week as our regular…
Read MoreHow Healthy is Your Community?
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. This one is. If you are looking for an update on how the fruit trees and berries we planted at the Clair Nelson Center last year are doing now, here it is: If you are looking for an update on how the Finland Community Youth Program is…
Read MoreSpanish Camp at the Clair Nelson Center
Friends of Finland is excited to announce our first ever Spanish Camp, which will be held at the Clair Nelson Center at the end of July 2018. Spanish Camp is being planned as a day camp for children ages 5-13, with an emphasis on language, cultures and food in the many Spanish-speaking countries around the…
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